Thursday, September 6, 2018

It seems that penning a 'self confidence' or 'self love' article
has become a right of passage for any millennial writer, blogger, and/or selfie
taker. Or perhaps, this sense of self acceptance is merely what everyone goes
through in their early 20's. Those years of limbo - fresh faced and bleary eyed
as we emerge from the last remnants of childhood comfort still afforded to us
during the college years. Suddenly forced to figure out what we are doing,
where we are going, who we are going with, how we want to get there - all
whilst also juggling the insanity of 'everyday' things such as paying rent and
making sure to not eat pasta 5 days in a row.

It honestly only seems natural that in a time of such disruption,
uncertainty, and newness we would retreat within, to reflect upon the only
constant in our lives - ourselves.

Thursday, July 12, 2018

The beginning of May brought with it a welcome stillness
Tasks that a month before had been daunting
Now contained a comforting sense of repetition.
Not mundane but a new normal had been established.
As ever, the peace didn't last long,
The last weeks of May spun by in a whirlwind of graduations, birthday parties, apartment hunting, and see you soon's.
A bustling home that was temporarily filled with five, quickly became two,
A transition I admittedly had dreaded, but adapted to with surprising ease.
Chaos left my life again, just as quickly as it had entered
And May ended as it began, rhythmically quiet.

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Moving - I've done a lot of it lately.
I always joke that I'm not built to stay in one place too long, and recently I have taken that approach to life to a whole new level.
I left my family home in Ireland to live with some of my closest friends in the Bronx, and now live on the Upper West Side with people I had barely met before. All within the space of two months.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

The week before I left Ireland, I took to the streets of Dublin with my friends
To walk side by side with women, men, and children who were no longer asking for a change in our society
But demanding it.

I left our little island in April, swapping rolling fields for the towering skyscrapers of New York
Filled with a genuine sense of hope for Ireland's future
The ferocious roar of solidarity that I have witnessed countless times in the lead up to this referendum gave me the will to believe that the people I left would make the right choice
Still, there was an undeniable feeling of dread deep in my core, as I no longer had a say in this choice.